Williams, AZ

This little town is delightful. It was the last town to be bypassed by Interstate 40 in 1884, sort of stranding it in time. They have preserved its history very well.






 This is the World Famous Sultana Bar and Theatre, a 1912 saloon, billiard hall and silent movie theater.The first 'talkie' in Northern Arizona was shown here in 1930.|During prohibition, liquor and gambling were by invitation only.

Here's Bennett's Auto, a gas station built in the heydays of Route 66. The rounded corners and striped canopy show the Strealine-Moderne Style. Gas sold for 16 cents a gallon.

Elvis lives outside a store.

The Whiskey Alley Saloon, circa 1910 was constructed by Chinese laborers. It had a flop house upstairs for travelers and local workers. Another in 1897 was a Saloon and Bordello with 8 cribs for the ladies, an elegant parlour and a 2 story outhouse. There was whiskey, pool and poker tables on the ground floor,and a Chinese restaurant and opium den at the back. Another building constructed in 1936 accepted homeless families passing through from the Dust Bowl States on Route 66, the Mother Road.

This original engine from the Grand Canyon Railway sits on the tracks in front of the Fray Marcos Hotel built by the Sante Fe Railway in 1908, now the headquarters for the Railway.